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Shma’s Bangkok Green Link wants to add over 30 miles of greenways to Bangkok

At the 2019 Thai Urban Designers Association exhibition, landscape architecture studio Shma unveiled the Bangkok...

apartment complex made of green shipping containers

LOT-EK upcycles 140 shipping containers into an apartment complex in South Africa

A massive, modular residential building has risen in Johannesburg, South Africa with aims of revitalizing Maboneng...

Toronto, Toronto waterfront, Sidewalk Toronto

Toronto's waterfront to undergo major futuristic redesign thanks to Google's Sidewalk Labs

In collaboration with Sidewalk Labs, a start-up created by Google to "accelerate innovation in cities around the...

West 8, Engels Plein, Belgium, urban renovation, urban renewal, green spaces, urban design, Rotterdam design studio, human scale, public spaces

West 8 turns a dark and unsafe square in Belgium into a vibrant outdoor lounge

The site is part of the old industrial district, known as Vaartkom, located within walking distance of the city's...

Rive Seine Macro Lot A5, Tetrarc Architects, Paris, urban renewal, green architecture, social housing, loggia, Haussmann buildings, school, urban garden, natural light, wooden cladding

Mansard roofs and extravagant vertical meshes spiff up vintage Haussmann buildings in Paris

The urban renewal project is spread over 182 acres on the side of the former Renault factories. The Rive Seine...

Plugin modular system, prefab architecture, prefab, The Dashilar Project, People's Architecture Office, green architecture, urban renewal, urban regeneration, prefab panels, China, Beijing

The Plugin prefab modular system lets you renovate old spaces without tearing anything down

The award winning prefab modular system is aimed at urban regeneration and is the main feature of the Dashilar...

House for Solidarity, Ellenamehl architectes, France, brick patterns, brick facade, parametric, green architecture, patterned facade, garden patio, digital fabrication, 3d models, urban renewal

A surprising tapestry of brick clads the House for Solidarity in France

The house is located at the center of the Saint-Jean district, on the high plains of Beauvais, where an Angel military...

MVRDV, Tainan Axis, Tainan, Taiwan, Tainan Axis by MVRDV, urban regeneration, urban restoration, canal restoration, urban renewal, urban renewal project, green corridor, green promenade, heat island effect

MVRDV to transform a shopping mall into a lush lagoon and beach in Taiwan

MVRDV won the bid for the transformation of the Tainan Axis together with The Urbanist Collaborative and LLJ Architects....

community project, community design, raumlabor, raumlabor berlin, Sweden, sauna, Göteborg, industrial port, urban renewal, recycled materials, upcycled materials, larch, larch shingles, corrugated iron, Frihamnen, Göteborg’s Bathing Culture, Göteborg’s Bathing Culture by raumlabor

Giant AT-AT-like recycled tin structure hides an unexpected sauna in Sweden

Although the saunas we’re used to are made from wood, Raumlabor chose instead to clad the outside of Göteborg’s...

Seoul, MVRDV, Seoul Skygarden, Seoul High Line park, South Korea High Line Park, High Line Park, High Line inspired park, elevated park, adaptive reuse, urban renewal, urban design, Seoul

MVRDV wins bid to design Seoul’s High Line-inspired park

Seoul is no stranger to the adaptive reuse of transit corridors: ten years ago, the city famously tore down a 14-lane...

Guerrilla Gardening

Guerilla gardening: strategies for greening up your neighborhood

Regardless of whether you are an urban, suburban, or rural dweller, there is inevitably a patch of neglected turf...

silo, converted silo, silo home, grain silo home, grain silo, adaptive reuse, tiny homes, Christoph Kaiser, urban renewal, Arizona, Phoenix, Garfield Historic District, walnut plank flooring, black steel, skylight, custom furnishings

Mid-century grain silo transformed into a gorgeous, affordable home for two

Kaiser purchased the dismantled 1955 grain silo online from a Kansas farmer that was then transported down to Arizona...

Matthew Mazzotta, York, Alabama, Open House, Theater, Transforming Houses

Open House Renovates an Abandoned Building into a Transforming Open Air Theater

Matthew Mazzotta, an artist whose practice focuses on participatory community design, has teamed up with the Coleman...

Seoul, Cheonggyecheon, Cheonggyecheon Stream, Cheonggyecheon restoration, south korea, sustainable development, urban renewal, urban design, urban stream, river restoration, daylighting, Cheong gye cheon, Cheongyecheon, daylighting river

How the Cheonggyecheon River Urban Design Restored the Green Heart of Seoul

The Cheonggyecheon project is remarkable for its dramatic transformation from a seedy industrial eyesore to a nature-filled...

Maccreanor Lavington, Kraaiennest, Metro station, Bijlmermeer, amsterdam, netherlands, laser cut, mashrabiya, stainless steel, public transportation, subway, subway station, filigree facade, light box, natural light, metro station upgrade, urban renewal

Beautiful Mashrabiya-Like Metal Facade Transforms Metro Station into a Glowing Lantern in Amsterdam

The new 5,900 square-foot Kraaiennest metro station was built to replace the original station from 1970. The overhaul...

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